Ahead of the release of his highly anticipated new album, ‘Heartbreaker Please’, this coming Friday, Teddy Thompson has announced the dates for his re-scheduled UK tour, which were postponed due to Covid-19. The tour includes a stop at London’s EartH on 30^th January 2021.

Teddy Thompson plays the following UK dates ahead of supporting John Grant on his UK tour. Tickets on sale now HERE

 January 2021

Thurs 21^st                  GLASGOW, Oran Mor

Fri 22^nd                     POCKLINGTON, Arts Centre

Sat 23^rd                     MANCHESTER, Band on the Wall

Sun 24^th                    LEEDS, Brudenell Social Club

Tues 26^th                   LONDON, Richmond Theatre

Weds 27^th                  BASINGSTOKE, Haymarket

Fri 29^th                       BRISTOL, St Georges

Sat 30^th                      LONDON, EartH

Sun 31^st                      MILTON KEYNES, The Stables

February 2021

Tues 2^nd                     BIRMINGHAM, Glee Club

Weds 3^rd                    BURY ST EDMUNDS, Corn Exchange

Thurs 4^th                    NOTTINGHAM, Glee Club

Recorded in Brooklyn and written and produced by Teddy, Heartbreaker Please sees the critically acclaimed artist at the top of his craft, serving up the medicine of resignation with sweet, catchy satisfaction. “Here’s the thing,” Teddy sings frankly on his new album, “you don’t love me anymore. I can tell you’ve got one foot out the door.” From its opening track, Thompson’s new album reckons with the breakdown of love with a wistful levity as satisfying as it is devastatingly honest.

From a young age, Sam Cooke, Hank Williams, Chuck Berry, and the Everly Brothers made up the bulk of his listening and you can hear that ache in his voice. After releasing his self-titled debut in 2000, Teddy went on tour as part of Roseanne Cash’s band. Since then he’s released five acclaimed albums, collaborated with good friends Martha and Rufus Wainwright, contributed to numerous tribute projects, and produced albums for Americana singer-songwriter Dori Freeman, Shelby Lynne, Allison Moorer and his mother, Linda Thompson.

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Two years ago this week, Margo Price claimed her rock star status at the Mother Church of Country Music. She was headlining the Ryman Auditorium for the first time ever, in a sold-out run of three nights that she had admittedly spent more time planning than her wedding. It was during those shows that the Nashville Scene said, “We got to see Price’s hopes and dreams for the future being realized before our eyes.”

 Today, Margo revisits the career-changing residency with the release of a new live album, Perfectly Imperfect at The Ryman. Out exclusively on Bandcamp, all proceeds benefit the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund, and while Margo has been working on putting the energy of those gigs back out into the world ever since they happened, she couldn’t wait any longer.

“I am so excited that we are releasing it today,” she explains. “The recordings are rough and the performances are raw, but there was a magic there and the band was on fire. We played unreleased songs, alternative album versions and had lots of special guests. I hope it moves you.”

Listen to ‘Perfectly Imperfect at the Ryman’ HERE

Watch the live video for “All American Made,”which Rolling Stone named one of the 10 Best Moments of Margo’s Ryman run calling it “a vigil not for some version of the country we once had, but for hope that our sometimes faulty all-American tendencies can see a better, brighter day.” 

The album features Emmylou Harris on Margo’s song “Wild Women,” Sturgill Simpson on a rip-roaring rendition of Rodney Crowell’s “Ain’t Livin Long Like This,” and Jack White on a duet of The White Stripes’ “Honey, We Can’t Afford to Look This Cheap.” At its core, though, the record showcases Margo Price’s versatility as a bandleader and performer. Playing drums, guitar, piano, and even jumping offstage to join the crowd, CMT said, “Price lit up the stage throughout the two-hour show in an electric display of the musicianship she’s honed since arriving in town 15 years ago.” Find full credits and track listing below.

Margo Price’s third studio LP, That’s How Rumors Get Started (which she co-produced with Simpson) is due out this summer on Loma Vista Recordings.

Perfectly Imperfect at The RymanTrack List

1. A Little Pain Waltz

2. Weekender (Funk Version)

3. Wild Women (feat. Emmylou Harris)

4. Ain’t Livin Long Like This (feat. Sturgill Simpson)

5. Revelations

6. Worthless Gold

7. Hurtin’ (On the Bottle) Medley

8. Proud Mary

9.  All American Made

10. Honey, We Can’t Afford to Look This Cheap (feat. Jack White)

11. World’s Greatest Loser 

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The cast of hugely popular entertainment show Gogglebox, are celebrating UK nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants nationwide this week as they lend their support to Cavell Nurses’ Trust with a spectacular ‘Sofa Self-Portrait Prize Draw’.

To be in with a chance of winning a Gogglebox masterpiece painted by your favourite sofa critic,Cavell are hosting a Gala Bid Prize Draw from 10.00pm on Friday, 22^ndMay – Friday, 5^thJune where anyone can buy tickets to be in with a chance to win. Each entry costs £3.00 with all proceeds in aid of Cavell Nurses’ Trust. Enter at https://app.galabid.com/gogglebox/

The show’s creator and Executive Producer, Tania Alexander, came up with the idea for cast members to paint self-portraits of themselves sitting on their sofas. The paintings have been donated to Cavell Nurses’ Trust and entered into the prize draw to help raise funds for UK nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants facing a crisis in their lives, often because of illness, domestic abuse, mental health issues and more recently the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Tania says of the initiative; “The work that Cavell Nurses’ Trust does is incredibly valuable. They offer real and tangible support to the nursing profession, and they’re doing that right now at what is such a crucial time. I think I speak for the entire Gogglebox cast and crew when I say that we are grateful to them and to the clinical care profession as a whole. This painting project for the prize draw is our way of trying to say thank you. We hope it helps raise awareness and funds simultaneously, so please do buy a ticket.”

With cast members of the latest series being in some way touched by the help of nurses, and art in general, this initiative resonates across the board. One of the show’s stars, Julie Malone, explains; “As a mother of a pediatric intensive care nurse, I really enjoyed getting involved with this project. We really appreciate all the work the Cavell Nurses’ Trust do for nurses and healthcare workers and we would like to thank them from the bottom of our hearts”

As a Wimbledon art school graduate himself, another one of the show’s stars Giles Wood says; “This one is especially rare as I normally paint landscapes or interiors where there is room for less exactitude than in portraiture.” His partner Mary adds;“Paintings by Giles have a rarity value because it’s difficult to drag him away from his one acre wildlife garden. Yet, he rose to the challenge anyway because of the exceptional work done by the Cavell Nurses’  Trust which we both want to support.”

The full list of households that have produced pieces of art are: Amira & Amani, Anne & Ken, Dave & Shirley, Ellie & Izzi, Jenny & Lee, The Malones (Tom Snr, Julie, Tom Jnr, Shaun), Pete & Sophie, Stephen & Daniel, Sally & Paige, Sue and Steve, The Michaels (Andy, Caroline and Louis), Mary & Giles, The Siddiquis (Umar, Baasit & Sid), The Worthingtons (Alison, Helena & George).

Gogglebox’s Lee Riley and Jenny Newby show their support by wearing ‘Nurses Rock’ T-shirts as seen in the above photo. There are 3 designs in the Nurses Rock T-shirts range, with 100% of profits from sales also going to the Cavell Nurses’ Trust. The ‘Nurses Rock’ T-shirts have been produced by Mark Stredwick of Probity Merch who wanted to celebrate and support the UK nursing family during these unprecedented times along with some of the artists he works with including Metallica, Led Zeppelin, Bryan Adams, Paloma Faith, and many more. Nurses Rock T-shirts are priced at £9.99 + p&p, and are available to purchase here.

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Today sees the release of Lewis Capaldi’s live EP ‘To Tell The Truth I Can’t Believe We Got This Far’– a glorious package of carefully selected stunning live performances of tracks taken from his blockbuster debut album ‘Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent’.

Having previously only been released on YouTube, the EP is home to exclusive stripped back versions, as well as performances on the rooftop of the famous Capitol Records building in LA, and the captivating version of ‘Someone You Loved’ that was performed earlier this year to millions across the globe at the BRIT Awards, where Lewis walked away joint biggest winner of the night.

Lewis’ mindblowing debut album has spent nine weeks in total at number 1, it became the biggest selling album of last year, certifying platinum in just ten weeks and is currently the biggest selling album of this year, and is on its way to certifying triple platinum, with sales fast approaching a million copies. Since its release a year ago, it’s never left the top 10 since – a spectacular feat.

As we approach a year since it’s release, Lewis is set to perform a special live stream acoustic show of the album in full on Saturday May 16th, in partnership with Dice and CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably).

The last year has been nothing short of remarkable for the young Scot, who shows no signs of slowing down and continues to break records and sell out whatever he puts his name to. A true Scottish superstar.

1. Before You Go (Live on Capitol Rooftop)
2. Forever
3. Someone You Loved (Live from The BRITs 2020)
4. Shallow
5. Hollywood
6. Headspace

HEADLINE DATES:
OCT 2ND & 4TH         London, O2 Arena                           SOLD OUT

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Jeff Lynne’s ELO have announced the cancellation of their upcoming autumn 2020 UK and EU tour due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

In a message to fans, Jeff Lynne said, ‘It’s with deep regret and sadness that I have to cancel my upcoming October UK tour, but due to the ongoing and unprecedented situation the live shows cannot go ahead as planned. The safety of everyone including my crew, the people who work in support of the shows and of course you, the fans, must come first. Keep well & stay safe.’

Ticket refunds for the tour, which was due to kick-off at London’s O2 Arena on 5^th October, will be made via your ticket agent, who will be in touch.

Introducing one of the UK’s most exciting new artists and multi-instrumentalists, Sid Stone. Poised to help guide the UK through these dark times, Sid’s poignant debut single ‘Better Alone’ is the lead track from his auspicious ‘Inside/Outside’ mixtape, out now on Hotspring Music.

Recorded at Mick Jones’ (The Clash) studio in North Acton with his best mates and long-time collaborators Joy Anonymous and man of the moment Fred Again (Stormzy, Ed Sheeran, Headie One), lead single ‘Better Alone’ came as an idea on a late walk back from a shift at Bush Hall. The piano driven, jazz influenced track is a chameleon-like pop vibe, sitting as perfectly on a stereo in lockdown, as it does at a sun blushed sunrise party.

Shot at Sid’s Local pub The White Horse in Shepherds Bush and the Somerset Hills, the accompanying video, captured both before and during lockdown manifests the stark contrasts of how life has changed over recent months. The stunning video was directed by Sid and produced by Tom Pomphrey and Fergus Haughton, with animations by Laura N-Tamara.

Stream ‘Better Alone’ HERE & watch the video HERE

“It’s all about making peace with being alone, but also it came out of situations built on friendship and love.” Sid said of the track. “So who knows: the truth is sometimes hidden between two opposites!”

A sum greater than its individual parts, ‘Inside/Outside’ mixtape is a rhapsody of isolation, a heartfelt elegy to the process of withdrawing/going within as a necessary means to personal and artistic fulfilment. Composed of 6-tracks intertwined by real-world interludes and bookended by the tender ‘Now I’m Alone’ and euphoric ‘Know Well’, the mixtape is brimming with vocals drenched in soul, heartfelt lyrics, emotional pianos and distant drums. ‘Giving us an insight into Sid’s world ‘Inside/Outside’ leads the listener through Sid’s reality of raw perfection and on a journey of self-isolation relevant to the world’s current climate.

Speaking of ‘Inside/Outside’ Sid said, “it’s like a document of my life as a songwriter in London: the sounds of Shepherds Bush, the frustrations of trying to be good at writing songs, the internal world that gets explored parallel to the outside world around us.” He continues, “the pressure, the emotional strain, all of that filtering in from the city and out from me and back again in this hyper loop of man and surrounding.” A mixtape that is as timely as it is necessary right now.

Listen to ‘Inside/Outside’ EP HERE

Hailing from Somerset, Sid Stone is a seasoned songwriter and a true artist of his craft. With influences taken from a large gene pool borrowing elements from soul, jazz, pop, rap & dance music, his raw and eloquently disheveled vocals bring together a remarkably diverse, but accessible sound. The multifaceted musician is also co-producing the forthcoming Kurupt FM album with Fred Again and Joy Anonymous and is a regular collaborator with pop starlets and underground legends alike. Sid Stone is poised for greatness and is an artist that is as exciting as he is essential.

ACM, CMA and CMT Award-winning artist Luke Combs has released his new song, “Six Feet Apart,” today. Co-written with Brent Cobb and Rob Snyder, Combs originally debuted the song last month during a livestream concert.

                                       Listen to ‘Six Feet Apart’ HERE

The new song adds to a series of groundbreaking and historic years for Combs, who is nominated in three categories at the 55th ACM Awards: Entertainer of the Year, Male Artist of the Year and Album of the Year for his acclaimed global No. 1 record, What You See Is What You Get.

What You See Is What You Get—out now on River House Artists/Columbia Nashville debuted at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart as well as Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart this past November with 172,000 equivalent units sold and also enjoyed the largest streaming week ever for a country album with 74 million on-demand streams. It also achieved the biggest first week of album streams ever for a country artist on Apple Music and was the first country album ever to hit No. 1 on the platform’s U.S. overall albums chart, while also setting a new global record for first-week streams for a country album at Spotify and breaking the Amazon Music record for more first-week streams than any other country album debut. Moreover, Combs made his debut as the musical guest on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” earlier this year with host JJ Watt performing two songs from, What You See Is What You Get: “Lovin’ On You” and “Beer Never Broke My Heart.”

Produced by Scott Moffatt, What You See Is What You Get features 17 songs including the five tracks previously released via The Prequel EP last summer. The EP debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart with all five tracks charting on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs Top 25—a feat not accomplished by any artist in 60 years since Johnny Cash in 1959. Additionally, Combs’ last single, “Even Though I’m Leaving,” spent three weeks at No. 1 at country radio, making it Combs’ seventh consecutive No. 1—a first on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart, while his current single, “Does To Me” featuring Eric Church, is already Top 10 at country radio.

Adding to his landmark year, Combs’ debut album, This One’s For You, was recently certified RIAA Triple Platinum. Since its release in 2017, the album has spent 50 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart—tying the record for the longest reign atop the chart with Shania Twain’s Come On Over in 1997. This One’s For You was also the most-streamed country album of 2019. Moreover, several of Combs’ songs have also received new RIAA certifications: 4x Platinum “Beautiful Crazy,” 4x Platinum “When It Rains It Pours,” 2x Platinum “She Got The Best of Me” and Platinum “Must’ve Never Met You.”

Additional notable achievements and recognitions: 

• Awarded Male Vocalist of the Year and Song of the Year (“Beautiful Crazy”) at the 53rd Annual CMA Awards
• Recently inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry
• Awarded CMT Performance of the Year at the 2019 CMT Music Awards for his CMT Crossroads performance of “Beautiful Crazy” with Leon Bridges
• Awarded Top Country Artist, Top Country Male Artist and Top Country Album at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards
• Awarded New Male Artist of the Year at the 2019 ACM Awards
• Awarded Country Artist of the Year at the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards
• Awarded New Artist of the Year at the 52nd Annual CMA Awards
• Nominated for Best New Artist at the 61st GRAMMY Awards
• Recipient of a CMA Triple Play Award for writing three No. 1 songs in a 12-month period
• First artist to simultaneously top all five Billboard country charts for multiple weeks: Top Country Albums, Hot Country Songs, Country Airplay, Country Streaming Songs and Country Digital Song Sales (dated March 9, March 30 and April 6, 2019)

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Following the release of the stunning, ‘Painted Legacy’, and the announcement of a forthcoming EP, ‘The Space Between’, country pop duo, Ward Thomas, today release their heartwarming new track ‘Hold Space’. Catherine and Lizzy will also embark on their ‘Unfiltered’ acoustic tour, which was rescheduled due to Covid-19, in September. The 16-date run includes two dates at London’s Union Chapel on the 18^th & 19^th September.

Listen to and watch lyric video for ‘Hold Space’ HERE

With a stripped back sound and the girls’ captivating harmonies perfectly intertwined, ‘Hold Space’ is a moving track about the importance of ‘holding space’ for those closest to us, and chimes with significance in the wake of the outbreak.

On the track Catherine said, “’Hold Space’ is a song that we felt like we needed to write, we live in a world of advice and “shoulds” and sometimes we just need to be there to walk beside our loved ones while they find their own way. It is a song for anyone going through a tough time, and a lesson we will keep learning when going through our own struggles.”

‘Hold Space’ is the second track to be taken from their forthcoming EP ‘The Space Between’. Speaking of the EP, which was written and recorded between London, Hampshire and Nashville, Lizzy said, “this EP is all about togetherness. Holding space for someone, reaching out to help, or just being present and there with someone through a difficult time.”

Ward Thomas play the following rescheduled UK dates this September. Tickets on-sale now HERE

September

Tues 1^st                     WOKING, New Victoria Working Theatre

Weds 2^nd                  SOUTHEND, Palace Theatre

Thurs 3^rd                  BOURNEMOUTH, O2 Academy

Fri 4^th                        BRIGHTON, St George’s

Sun 6^th                      LEEDS, City Varieties                                   SOLD-OUT

Mon 7^th                     GLASGOW, Mackintosh Church                SOLD-OUT

Tues 8^th                    EDINBURGH, Queen’s Hall

Weds 9^th                   MANCHESTER, RNCM Theatre

Fri 11^th                       BARROW, Forum Theatre

Sat 12^th                      LIVERPOOL, Grand Theatre

Sun 13^th                     LEAMINGTON SPA, Assembly

Mon 14^th                    BATH, Forum

Weds 16^th                   NORWICH, Epic Studios

Fri 18^th                        LONDON, Union Chapel                           SOLD-OUT

Sat 19^th                        LONDON, Union Chapel

Mon 21^st                     LINCOLN, Engine Shed

Ward Thomas released their top-10 charting album ‘Restless Minds’ in 2019, the follow-up to their chart topping sophomore album ‘Cartwheels’.

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After taking 2019 by the scruff of the neck and making it their own, as well as a blistering trajectory in 2020, Sea Girls have come out all guns blazing with the announcement of their emotionally charged, deeply personal, hook laden debut album Open Up Your Head – out August 14th on Polydor. 

Featuring fourteen doses of memorable jagged guitar-pop brilliance, the LP was  produced by Larry Hibbitt in London. Open Up Your Head is available in special coloured vinyl, limited edition picture disc, CD, cassette and digital.

Today also sees the band share a brand new single from the album entitled ‘Do You Really Wanna Know?’ which premiered as Annie Mac’s ‘Hottest Record’ on BBC Radio 1 last night, and follows the brilliant ‘Ready For More’ which has already enjoyed mainstream airplay and an addition to the Radio 1 B List.

With album Open Up Your Head, the band’s songwriting has elevated, with frontman Henry Camamile stepping into the spotlight as a genuine storyteller for his generation. The album is fit to burst with colourful melodies, guitar and synth hooks – an explosion of joyous indie rock held together to reflect Camamile’s darker songwriting on topics such as a previous traumatic head injury, the anxiety that ensued, and resulting adolescent vices. 

In accessing those darkest and least comfortable parts of himself the record becomes one of hope. 

Henry, Rory, Andrew and Oli, the bastard sons of The Killers & The Strokes, have created a debut body of work, including songs from lead guitarist Rory Young, that are stunningly uplifting, ferociously reflective, delicately vulnerable, and most importantly – brutally honest.

Henry admits his and Rory’s writing – and the bands performing – comes right from the heart. With storytelling being reminiscent of a young Brandon Flowers Henry explains; “I don’t buy all the love and flowers stuff. Real relationships fall apart, you get hurt and you have to deal with it so you do what you have to do to get over it. I think what has saved me is music.”

Sea Girls, one of the most enthralling young indie guitar bands to have emerged in recent times, are a band aiming first and foremost at being the singalong torch bearers for a whole new wave of UK guitar bands. 

Taking their inspiration as kids, when The Killers, The Strokes and Arctic Monkeys debut albums were released, much of their success is driven by their energetic live performances and uncanny ability to write adrenaline-heavy guitar anthems with songs like  ‘Violet’  and ‘All I Want To Hear You Say’, and the release of their latest EP Under Exit Lights. 

Renowned for their frenetic, sweat-drenched sold-out live shows, the band will kick off their rescheduled April UK dates by upgrading the venues to play their biggest headline shows to date in November 2020, it will see them play 3 upgraded venues including a career defining night at London’s legendary O2 Brixton Academy on 6th November. 

Ticket holders for April’s postponed shows at London Roundhouse, Manchester Ritz, Glasgow Garage and Birmingham Academy will be valid for the now upgraded dates in November. Before that, the band will light up festival stages across the back end of summer, including prestigious spots at Reading & Leeds, TRNSMT, Spain’s Mad Cool, Berlin’s Lollapalooza, and more.

For details of a very special fan presale for the upgraded shows, head to the official Sea Girls store at seagirls.net Tickets on sale Thursday 7th May.

November

Mon 2nd    GLASGOW, Barrowlands

Thu 5th      BIRMINGHAM, O2 Institute SOLD OUT

Fri 6th        LONDON, O2 Academy Brixton

Sat 7th       MANCHESTER,  Academy 1

‘Open Up Your Head’ – Track Listing

1. Transplant
2. All I Want To Hear You Say
3. Do You Really Wanna Know?
4. Lie To Me
5. Call Me Out
6. Closer
7. Forever
8. Weight In Gold 
9. Ready For More
10. Violet 
11. Shake
12. Damage Done
13. You Over Anyone
14. Moving On

    Pre-Order the album HERE

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“The funniest man in Britain.”– The Times

Following the release of his smash hit global Netflix Special ‘Momentum’, a Number 1 trending Entertainment series with ‘The Lateish Show’ on Channel 4, a BAFTA 2019 nomination and a double NTA 2020 nomination, one of the UK’s finest comedians, Mo Gilligan, has announced a special, free show for all NHS and Key Workers.

The filmed matinee show, which will take place at London’s Eventim Apollo on 14^thNovember as part of Mo’s ‘There’s Mo To Life World Tour’, is a thank you for their phenomenal and continued hard work against the Coronavirus Pandemic.

Tickets will be made available throughout the day on Monday May 4th, with limited tickets available from 10:00, 13:00 & 17:00 to ensure Key Workers can access around their shifts HERE

The news comes after Mo announced his brand new Channel 4 show All Star Happy Hour With Mo Gilligan. The very special live four-part series launches on Monday 4^thMay  at 22:00. The show will be a joyful mix of his trademark sketches, viral formats, unique musical performances and hilarious prize-winning games as he invites members of the public to compete against celebrities in a series of challenges, whilst trying to stuff as much happiness into an hour as he possibly can. Having already brought entertainment to the masses across social media with his hugely celebrated live Instagram format #QuarantineGames, Mo’s high-energy and brilliantly uplifting style makes him the perfect man to deliver joy to our screens when we need it most.

This all follows as Mo continues his rise as the UK’s biggest breakthrough comedian having achieved numerous award wins and nominations, recording The Big Narstie Show Series 2, as well as his own hit Channel 4 seriesThe Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan. The Times named him ‘The Funniest Man in Britain’ and his debut stand up tour, Coupla Cans,came to a close selling over 50,000 tickets including a huge two-week West End residency. His debut Netflix Original Stand Up Special Momentum was globally released in 190 countries and quickly smashed into the Top 5 watched in the UK.

• BAFTA 2019 | BEST ENTERTAINMENT SHOW NOMINEE 
• NATIONAL TELEVISION AWARDS 2020 | TV PRESENTER OF THE YEAR NOMINEE 
• NATIONAL TELEVISION AWARDS 2020 | THE BRUCE FORSYTH ENTERTAINMENT AWARD NOMINEE 
• ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY 2019 | BEST ENTERTAINMENT SHOW WINNER 
• ROYAL TELEVISION SOCIETY 2019 | BEST BREAKTHROUGH NOMINEE 
• EDINBURGH TV AWARDS 2019 | BEST NEWCOMER NOMINEE 

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‘Hotel Song’ leads the way, a potent, lyrical, literate display that traces Diana DeMuth’s path of self-realisation. It’s a dose of heaven” – Clash Magazine

Following a hugely successful pair of London shows with producer and collaborator Simone Felice (Bat For Lashes, The Lumineers, Jade Bird) at The Slaughtered Lamb, rising star Diana DeMuth has just announced that she will support AMA ‘Album of the Year 2019’ nominees and Americana duo, Ida Mae. Diana has recently released the devastatingly beautiful ‘Rose of Nantucket’ and the emotionally charged anthem, ‘Hotel Song’, with more exciting music to be released soon.

Diana DeMuth will play the following UK and Ireland dates with Ida Mae. Tickets on sale now. Watch Diana’s incredible live version of ‘Rose of Nantucket’ for Under the Apple Tree sessions HERE.

April

Tues 21^st                      BRISTOL, The Louisiana

Wed 22^nd                   LONDON, Bush Hall

Fri 24^th                         BRIGHTON, Komedia Studio

Sat 25^th                       NORWICH, Norwich Arts Centre

Tues 28^th                     NEWCASTLE, Cluny’s

Wed 29^th                    GLASGOW, Nice n Sleazy’s

May

Sat 2^nd                        IRELAND, DUBLIN, Workman’s

Growing up on the coast of Massachusetts, Diana was immersed in a bohemian upbringing where she moved from place to place with hippie parents. That same restless spirit inhabited Diana: she always had a sense that there was something out there beyond where she grew up and that existence. At 19, after going to college for one week, Diana left because she was certain music was her path. For the past five years, she’s focused on just that, spending her time traveling and playing small gigs around America, while waitressing and honing her craft.

Diana and Simone teamed up with Simone’s long-time co-producer and arranger David Baron at their Catskill Mountain studio overlooking the Shokan Reservoir outside Woodstock where the music flowed quickly and freely, and together they began to record.

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Songwriter, singer, and multi-disciplinary artist Jehnny Beth has released a brilliant video for her new song, “Flower,” today.  The video, which was helmed by acclaimed director Anthony Byrne (Peaky Blinders), is Jehnny Beth’s second cinematic collaboration with Byrne; the first was the video for “I’m The Man,” which was lauded by the New York Times for its “bravado and tenderness.”

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “FLOWER”

“Flower” sees Jehnny Beth heading in completely different sonic territory to “I’m The Man,” taming the former’s tempestuous pulse into something simmering and sensual.  Written about a pole dancer at notorious strip club Jumbo’s Clown Room in Los Angeles, “Flower” details the complicated depths of sexuality tangled in a fever dream reverie of desire and loss.

“Flower” is one of many incredible songs on Jehnny Beth’s recently announced solo album, To Love Is To Live, on May 8th, 2020 via Caroline Records.  The record, which was recorded in Los Angeles, London, and Paris, features a number of collaborators, including producers Flood, Atticus Ross, longtime co-creator Johnny Hostile, and Adam ‘Cecil’ Bartlett, and guest turns from The xx’s Romy Madley Croft, actor Cillian Murphy, and IDLES’ Joe Talbot.

In addition to releasing To Love Is To Live this spring, Jehnny Beth will also be releasing Crimes Against Love Manifesto (C.A.L.M.), her first book featuring a collection of her erotic short stories along with photography from Johnny Hostile, on June 11, 2020 via White Rabbit. The book is a collaboration with longtime creative partner Johnny Hostile, whose photographs punctuate Jehnny Beth’s stories. C.A.L.M. looks set to establish Jehnny Beth and Johnny Hostile as two of the bravest and most provocative voices in fiction and erotic art today. See below for the C.A.L.M manifesto and order the book HERE.

C.A.L.M.

Crimes Against Love Manifesto

because a life lived in fear is equal to no life at all

I won’t gamble our existence on the fickle world of ‘what will they think’

and wake up one day thinking I have wasted the wonderful fact of my own existence

I won’t worry about fear, jealousy, solitude

the system that weighs duty against desire and pronounces desire the looser

they’re all byproducts of love

unavoidable obstacles implanted in our core

by generations of parents, grand-parents and all the people

who fall in love and yet are unhappy

and who blaming themselves for having lived too timidly

will attack me for having dared

I live on the other side of their wall

I break through their rules of loving

searching for my own alternative ways

no matter the morals agreed collectively

the prudishness and punishments

the accepted forms of loving, family, monogamy

and far too much imprisonment

in secret, in the safety of my apartment, inside our heads

I will create a space where they don’t belong

a place where I am free

my neighbours won’t know about it

my family won’t know about it

and those who think they can be part of it

but haven’t made the sacrifice

are not welcome

there, I will practise my secret rituals

with those who have defeated their fears

days and nights, out of sight and silently

Best known as the charismatic lead singer and co-writer of UK band Savages, who received Mercury Prize nominations for both of their now-classic two albums Silence Yourself (2013) and Adore Life (2016), Jehnny Beth’s voice, lyrical perspective, and incredible live performances have captivated audiences since the early Aughts.  But it’s in To Love Is To Live that Jehnny Beth truly steps into – and claims – the spotlight.  The album is a sonic tour de force, a dark cinematic meditation on the strange business of being alive. Throughout the record, she explores the deepest reaches of her creative consciousness…wrapped in a whirlwind of sounds.  Indeed, in accessing those darkest and least comfortable parts of herself, Jehnny Beth has created a piece of work that is stunningly cathartic, fiercely abrasive, delicately exposed, and rich for discourse.

From subverting power balances (“I’m The Man”) to marrying dense textures with stark instrumentation (“The Rooms”) to walking the thin line between the sacred and the profane to explore existential themes (“French Countryside”), To Love Is To Live sees Jehnny Beth giving her intense vulnerability a glorious voice – musically and lyrically — like no one else making music today.  Which is to say:  The album is a sublime tumble through life’s loftiest questions, an album forged from the ambition and courage of an artist putting everything she’d got right — and indeed everything she is — into the music.

Jehnny Beth will be playing select shows throughout 2020.  Tour dates are:

3/8/20            London, UK @ BBC 6 Music Festival

5/29/20          London, UK @ All Points East Festival

5/31/20          Kværndrup, Denmark @ Heartland Festival

6/2/20            Hamburg, Germany @ Mojo

6/4/20            Paris, France @ La Gaîté Lyrique

6/5/20            Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera Festival

6/9/20            Milan, Italy @ Magnolia

6/10/20          Marina Di Ravenna, Italy @ Beaches Brew Festival

6/12/20          Porto, Portugal @ Primavera Festival

6/30/20          Berlin, Germany @ Säälchen

7/3/20            Ewjik, Netherlands @ Down the Rabbit Hole Festival

7/4/20            Arras, France @ Main Square Festival 2020

7/15/20          Minneapolis, MN @ The Varsity Theater

7/18/20          Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall

7/19/20          Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall

7/21/20          Montreal, QC @ Fairmount Theatre

7/22/20          Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall

7/23/20          Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of the Living Arts

7/25/20          New York, NY @ Webster Hall

7/26/20          Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club

7/27/20            Reims, France @ La Magnifique Society

JEHNNY BETH

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